Greece

Vegans demonstrated against meat-eating in central Athens on Thursday morning, a day that is celebrated in Greece as "Tsiknopempti". Today is the Thursday prior to Lent when people celebrate the eating of meat before the beginning of the forty-day...

Greek vegans protested in Athens against the killing of animals for food, by displaying a bloodied severed head of a cow. The protest designed to shock, achieved its aim as the photographs made the rounds in the Greek social media...

The vegan diet, which is a huge trend across the globe, has deep roots in traditional Greek food experts say.

Posters by a Greek vegan group that appeared in the Athens Metro during the last week caused mixed reactions by commuters. The posters, part of a larger campaign by the group greekvegans.gr, depicted among others a calf with his mother,...

Athens Street Food Festival roared into life on Friday, promising thousands of visitors the chance to take part in Greece's biggest and most glamorous gastronomy event. The festival opened its doors at the OSH Depot in Gazi, central Athens for three...

To mark World Vegan Day, the Telegraph mapped out the countries that eat the most, and least meat-eating countries in the world. The most vegetarian country was found to be Bangladesh where just four kilos of meat are consumed...

Greek cyclists are constantly growing in numbers. Bike free days are growing in popularity despite the uneven terrain, and Lonely Planet has even listed an Athens cafe among the nine best coffee houses for bike enthusiasts. The Greek cafe, located...

Surviving as a vegetarian or vegan in Greece is certainly not without its challenges. However, over the past few years there has been a welcome increase in restaurants catering to vegetarians and vegans who reside in Athens as well...